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[side_show]

Today I'm gonna be so tired due to stupidity.  As hydro was working we'd have occasional short bursts of power that caused our hardwired fire alarms to briefly go off.  Not pleasant.  Power was out from 6pm to 2am. 

Nice to know I live in the kind of neighbourhood where kids throw eavestroughing at power lines, you know, just for fun.  Isn't that basic safty 101?  Damn.

We had just gone grocery shopping, and now I'm hoping nothing spoiled in the fridge or freezer.  We only opened the fridge once, very briefly, and didn't touch the freezer, which was nice and full, so I'm thinking maybe we'll be okay.

Oh yeah, and the liquor mart was closed due to this yesterday and all day today due to Easter, so no wine for Easter dinner this year.  Sigh.

[AugustWest]

What the hell is eavestroughing?

[side_show]

I had no idea what people would call eavestroughing if it wasn't called eavestroughing.  Isn't that interesting.  I'm sort of weirded out because googling seems to imply some people call eavestroughing "gutter" or "rain gutter," which is what we call the part of the side of the road along the curb that is slightly lower to drain the rain off into the sewer system. So, is the gutter called something else also?

[pmcd9]

googling seems to imply some people call eavestroughing "gutter" or "rain gutter," which is what we call the part of the side of the road along the curb that is slightly lower to drain the rain off into the sewer system. So, is the gutter called something else also?

yeah, that word applies to both of those things in America.

[jay-ell]

I had no idea what people would call eavestroughing if it wasn't called eavestroughing.  Isn't that interesting.  I'm sort of weirded out because googling seems to imply some people call eavestroughing "gutter" or "rain gutter," which is what we call the part of the side of the road along the curb that is slightly lower to drain the rain off into the sewer system. So, is the gutter called something else also?

We call them both the "gutter," but the kind on the house is called a "gutter" mainly by laymen. Building contractors would know what you were talking about if you said "eavestrough" and sometimes call it that themselves.

My dad alternates freely between the two, depending on his audience.

[Nabubrush]

Chalk me up for not knowing, and my wife neither.

[jay-ell]

Oh, also, I went to the ER last night because of severe abdominal pain. We called the doc on call at our primary care and she said we should go to the hospital because she couldn't tell over the phone whether it was serious or not. Not wanting to take any chances, we called my Mom over and she dozen on the couch while we went. (The kids were already asleep.)

Turns out I was pretty dehydrated and full of gas. I got two bags of IV fluids, some anti-nausea meds, and something for the pain. Feeling semi-normal today; still taking it easy, but kind of feeling stupid for making my mom and spouse stay up all night for something that would have resolved on its own if I'd been tough enough to handle the pain.

[JorgeFabregas]

I remember when my uncle went to the hospital for chest pain and it turned out to be acid reflux. It's better to know. Safe than sorry, etc.

[pmcd9]

We call them both the "gutter," but the kind on the house is called a "gutter" mainly by laymen. Building contractors would know what you were talking about if you said "eavestrough" and sometimes call it that themselves.

That sounds like a made up word that contractors use to make what they do sound more technical.

[jay-ell]

Eaves = overhanging portions of a roof
Trough = shallow ridge to divert liquid

Not all that made up, really. WTF is a "gutter," anyway? What is it "gutting?"

Also, today I'm gonna be asked, within seconds of telling a client that I've been really ill and went to the ER last night, to write a product description. By 6 PM. On Easter Sunday.

He's paying double, and if he texts me one more time before I'm done, I might "accidentally" refer to this double-projection alarm clock as a "DP Cock."

[theinevitable]

That sounds like a made up word that contractors use to make what they do sound more technical.

yeah, what a bunch of snobs.

[CortJstr]

I left my razor at my parents. Time to see if my emergency backup will even take a charge. I haven't used it in about 3 years so hopes are not high.

[AugustWest]

Building contractors would know what you were talking about if you said "eavestrough" and sometimes call it that themselves.

Not around here.  I've worked around the construction industry off and on for 30 years and I'd never heard it before today.

Cool word.  I like it.

[miles]

He's paying double, and if he texts me one more time before I'm done, I might "accidentally" refer to this double-projection alarm clock as a "DP Cock."

There's a sandwich chain 'round these parts called DP Cheesesteaks.

[side_show]

I've never spoken to a contractor in my life, the term is used everywhere here.  I guess the newspaper article using it points to the fact it's common parlance at least in Manitoba.  Check out the Wiki on Canadian English where "eavestroughs" are listed in the "daily life" section.